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Why does this Sky Duel game look familiar? #SepTandy #SepTandy2012 http://youtube.com/watch?v=NhNxXAyg7DI&feature=youtu.be https://re-enthused.com/toys/why-does-this-sky-duel-game-look-familiar/

I unimpressively missed #sepTandy, and so am belatedly posting this (with my head hung low). For shame...

My TRS-80 Model 4 running Time Bandit

#Tandy #TRS80 #RadioShack #MichTron #MicroDeal #gaming #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrogaming #videogames #TRSDOS #Z80 #CRT #floppydisk #floppydrive #ByteCellar

Testing sea dragon on TRS80 for an upcoming event. Late #SepTandy

I picked up a TRS80 Model II with two external drive enclosures last week. Can I get it to boot before the end of #SepTandy ? (youtube short) https://youtube.com/shorts/XqUWaLYOBa8?feature=share

Friend and fellow #FujiNet hacker @fozztexx turned a #TRS80CoCo into an OSC (Open Sound Control) instrument via #FujiNet for #SepTandy!
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AejfCXck6w
blog: https://www.insentricity.com/a.cl/293/jamminate-your-8-bit

#retrocomputing

New #Insentricity post: Using a #FujiNet as a pseudo "#MIDI" controller to send #OSC messages to a #TRS80 CoCo 2! It was great being inspired to do something with my CoCo 2 and get it off the shelf. Learned a lot about the internals and it wasn't what I expected at all. Already have more idea brewing based on my discoveries!

https://www.insentricity.com/a.cl/293/jamminate-your-8-bit

Build thread: https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/@fozztexx/115129764308032476

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #SepTandy

For #Septandy I tracked down an old Radio Shack Armatron 🤖
One of my favorite 80s memories. And yes, I had to repair it before I could play!

🎥 New video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG65yYhk-yQ

Now with multi-voice polyphonic! #CoCo #FujiNet #SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

I did it! I did it! I managed to make the note last as long as you hold down the key! This was NOT easy. *Everything* is controlled by the two PIAs and they are most definitely PIAs! 😉 The documentation I can find is very poor and it took a lot of trial and error. I’m not sure there’s anything I can do about the clicking because sound and serial go through the same PIA! Have to abruptly shut off sound to use serial. #CoCo #FujiNet #SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

#Septandy “Color” computer plus micro panther butt

At last, I can see when the CD pin goes high! I get 0xB4 when the CD pin goes high, the 0x34 is after I clear the flag. I can't read the state of the pin directly, only that it transitioned from low to high. Or configure to flag high to low. I suppose in theory I could flip the edge event when I clear it and track it that way, but meh.

The lack of understandable documentation for the #CoCo drives me crazy!

#FujiNet #SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

Today’s challenge: is there a way I can see when the CD pin is asserted? So far, nope. #FujiNet #SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

SepTANDY Gazette Highlights: Compute!’s Gazette Issue 3 Delivers Tandy, 6502, and Code
#SepTANDY #TRS80 #CoCo #C64 #CommanderX16 #FujiNet #6502 #Atari8bit #ComputesGazette
https://theoasisbbs.com/septandy-gazette-highlights-computes-gazette-issue-3-delivers-tandy-6502-and-code/?feed_id=5341&_unique_id=68c81196c8307

I got it working! Now I can use the iPad as a pseudo “#MIDI” controller through #OSC via #FujiNet and play music on my CoCo! #SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

I also learned it's possible to use gdb to debug 6809 assembly through Xroar! #SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

I can play a sound from my C program! Took the entire day but I figured out how to call the BASIC PLAY command. #SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

Today's challenge is to get some kind of sound working. I've been searching since yesterday trying to figure out how to play sound from assembly. I thought I'd be able to find a document that tells me the entry points into the BASIC routines for SOUND or PLAY, but so far nothing. Been digging through old magazine articles and a few books I found online. It seems like nobody cared about anything except BASIC. #SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

I know it’s been a while since my last update. Well, here’s where things are now. Using the #FujiNet I can run my program and have it listen on a socket. Then I use an #OpenSoundControl #OSC app on my iPad to act like a piano keyboard and send it messages. No sound yet, but I’m getting messages! #SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

And at last, some music! That only took all day to enter. When playing the samples that came with it, it sounded a lot like an electric organ so I had to put in something recognizable that used an organ. #SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

Managed to get it typed in! Just kidding, I did a lot more searching and found another disk image that already had it. #SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

Happy #SepTandy !

Unfortunately, it seems the conversion from tape to disk that somebody did has mangled the programs. I may be typing in after all.

The listing for the program I wanted doesn't run and shows BASIC statements that have to do with graphics. Those weren't in the listing in the magazine.

#SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

Ok, got #FujiNet going, put all of the Rainbow on Tape/Rainbow on Disk on my TNFS server and found the right "tape". The "menu" lists the article I'm looking for. #SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

Maybe I don't need to type! @NF6X pointed me to "Rainbow on Tape" and "Rainbow on Disk". I see the colorcomputerarchive.com has both! Guess I need to hookup my #FujiNet and see if the disk already has the program!

https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Disks/Magazines/

#SepTandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

Tandy "Science Fair" 150-in-1 Electronic Project Kit! #SepTandy

https://makertube.net/w/2KgjWbbykBLsp2cp9CbuWE